Men's fundamental attitudes toward the world are fixed by the scope and qualities of the activities in which they partake. Democracy and Education (1916)
The worst thing about stubbornness of mind, about prejudices, is that they arrest development; they shut off the mind from new stimuli. Open-mindedness means retention of the childlike attitude; closed-mindedness means premature intellectual old age. Democracy and Education (1916)
Some attitudes may be named... which are central in effective intellectual ways of dealing with subject matter. Among the most important are directness, open-mindedness, single-mindedness (or whole-heartedness), and responsibility. Democracy and Education (1916)